Aerial colonization and growth: Rapid invertebrate responses to temporary aquatic habitats in a river floodplain

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-471

  Tronstad, Lusha M ^a,b   Tronstad, Bryan P ^a,b   Benke, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Active dispersal; Aerial colonization; Aquatic invertebrates; Chironomidae; Growth rate; Insect oviposition; Microcrustaceans; Passive dispersal; Secondary production; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; DISPERSAL; FLOODPLAIN; FLY; GROWTH RATE; IMMIGRATION; OVIPOSITION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 34547693133     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-057.1     Document Type: Article

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